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    Let more people know bilingual kindergarten 4 5.0.2 Policy support 5 5.0.3 Funding 5 References: 5 1. Abstract: Bilingual kindergarten is a new way for the parents to choose for their children. Even the bilingual kindergarten is not known by most of the parents‚ more and more people are getting more interested in it. This report will investigate the advantages of the bilingual kindergarten to the traditional kindergarten. This research will compare both bilingual and monolingual kindergartens

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    Related Literature Although clothing has been used for protection against solar exposure for thousands of years‚ in modern times sun protective clothing was popularized (but not exclusively used) in Australia as an option or adjunct to sunscreen lotions and sunblock creams. Sun protective clothing and UV protective fabrics in Australia now follow a lab-testing procedure regulated by a federal agency: ARPANSA. This standard was established in 1996 after work by Australian swimwear companies. The

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    To my way of thinking‚ #UniquelyMade means that everyone is made differently for a reason. Being #UniquelyMade is not at all a bad thing‚ but a quite great thing. In many cases‚ people don’t want to accept the fact that they are different and they want to blend in with others. Never should anyone pretend to be someone they’re not because everyone is made in their own unique for a reason. I believe that many influences on social media lead people to believe that they have to be like the popular celebrities

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    education of ELLs would become available through both Title VII and Title I funds. This legislation was important for ELLs since it promoted moving away from the remedial model of bilingual education toward an approach of enrichment and innovation (Ovando & Combs‚ 2012). The implementation of two-way developmental bilingual education was promoted as part of the educational reform for ELLs due to its proven success in developing fluency and literacy in both languages (Ovando & Combs‚

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    I think these similarities are highly dependent on their personality. Both individuals were highly motivated‚ outgoing‚ and not afraid to make mistakes. They were also open-minded and willing to learn. Despite their age and cultural attitudes‚ they acquired a second language in a fairly fast amount of time. Onwuegbuzie‚ Bailey‚ and Daley (2001)‚ examined the cognitive‚ affective‚ personality

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    Why is it important to be bilingual? Answer: Being bilingual allows you to communicate better with other people. It can aid you in school‚ business‚ travel or everyday life.  Many people find that learning a second language also helps them improve their first. Phonetics‚ grammar points‚ and other things that native speakers usually take for granted‚ you will start to notice in your own language after learning about them in another.  It’s important to be bilingual because it knowing two different

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    between monolingual and bilingual children was Erika Hoff’s observations in childhood concentration‚ which was published in her book “Childhood Bilingualism”. Hoff explained that when a bilingual child learns multiple languages‚ it changes how that child uses their cognitive resources. Furthermore‚ bilingual children often switch their mental dialogue from their native language to their second known language. It is this switching ability according to Erika Hoff that enables bilingual children to improve

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    no study on the phonological process in Cantonese-Spanish bilinguals learning English as an L2. De Houwer (1995‚ as cited in Law and So‚ 2006) and Romaine (2001‚ as cited in Law and So‚ 2006) indicated that numerous studies on bilingual development in different language combinations have found‚ that bilingual and monolingual language development differ qualitatively and quantitatively. Bilinguals are classified as simultaneous bilinguals or sequential

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    Movements for bilingual education rose in 1974 with the Equal Education Opportunity Act and Bingual Education Act‚ which ordered federally funded schools to meet special educational needs for students not proficient in English. Unfortunately‚ dropout rates and lack of English-language proficiency alarmed the states that these bilingual programs were not efficent. Because of this‚ arguments between English-only advocates and supporters of bilingual educations emerged. Articles such as the New York

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    Is Bilingual Education an effective way for our students to be learning in our schools today? This is a question that has been asked in this country for many years. It has been an issue of controversy for many years. Many people believe that Bilingual Education is a modern day issue that has recently been a focus point in our country. Bilingual Education and all of its components has been a part of our education system for over 100 years and since then the battle of how to teach it and what the effects

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